A record number of students are attending the Minnesota FFA Convention in St. Paul. Minnesota FFA interim executive director Lavyne Rada says registration for this year’s state convention is the highest on record. “Preregistered we were already record-breaking, so we know we’re going to have over 7,000 people at convention over the three days.” Speaking to Brownfield at the State Fairgrounds in St. Paul, she says Minnesota has added 11 […]
The latest Rural Mainstreet Index shows farmland prices have expanded 31 months in a row. Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss tells Brownfield ag land values rose in the April survey despite some signs of prices softening at the beginning of the year. “That’s a good and a bad,” he said. “It’s bad in the sense that you have to pay higher property taxes, but it’s also reflecting the farming economy […]
A fire at a Tyson meat processing plant in Northeast Nebraska has injured two workers and temporarily shut down operations. Multiple units from surrounding counties were called to the plant in Madison on Sunday morning before it was extinguished midafternoon. The Madison Fire Department says two Tyson workers were injured, taken to a nearby hospital and later released. In a statement to Brownfield, Tyson says it’s investigating the cause of […]
Increased precipitation and snow melt is causing water levels to rise on the upper Mississippi River. Mike Steenhoek, director of the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield that has forced the closure of some lock and dam sites south of Minneapolis/St. Paul and along the Iowa/Illinois border. “So obviously that is a concern for us. This time of year, we don’t move a lot of grain for the export market via […]
Corteva Agriscience market development specialist Ron Geis says an effective soybean weed control program should include pre and post-emergence passes. He tells Brownfield factors like timing, weather, weed emergence, and soybean growth stage can all make a difference. And Geis says Corteva has some exciting news in the battle against resistant weeds. ...
Turkey season has kicked off in Wisconsin and many hunters have been putting in the work to bag a gobbler this spring. Taylor Finger, Game Bird Ecologist with the Wisconsin DNR, tells Brownfield turkey season is the second most popular hunting season in the state. Listen to his full interview below on the latest episode of Brownfield’s Outdoor Adventures. AUDIO: Taylor Finger with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ...
Bill Dorgan, President Aggregation, Trimble and Jim Wickett, Saskatchewan Director and Western Canadian Wheat Growers' Treasurer, who farms at Rosetown Saskatchewan, discuss when to get into carbon offsets, and likely value trends.
Landowners in Alberta often have questions about their rights and responsibilities when approached by energy companies interested in developing renewable energy projects on their land. Rural communities and landowners may be affected by growth in the renewable energy sector as agricultural lands are converted to industrial use. The Farmers' Advocate Office is a resource for rural Albertans who are interested in learning more about the responsible development of these projects […]
The top farm dog in the U.S. is a border collie named Tough.
